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World's First 'Self-Watering' Plant: Desert Rhubarb
Researchers have managed to
make out the
"self-irrigating" mechanism
of the desert rhubarb, which
enables it to harvest 16
times the amount of water
... > full story
Thirst For Blood Sparks Toxic Algal Blooms
The blooming of toxic algae
that occurs during the
summer conceal a fight for
life and death. Scientists
now propose that algal
blooms are created when
... > full story
First Successful Use Of New Ocean Observation Technology – Investigation Of Ocean Acidification In The Baltic Sea
For the first time,
scientists in Germany
successfully used an
offshore observing system to
study environmental changes
... > full story
Desert Dust Alters Ecology Of Colorado Alpine Meadows
Accelerated snowmelt --
precipitated by desert dust
blowing into the mountains
-- changes how alpine plants
respond to seasonal climate
cues that regulate their
... > full story
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Microalgae As A Source Of Alternative Energy
July 2, 2009 — Scientists are researching the potential of mass production of microalgae as a ... > full story -
New Kind Of Undersea Eruption Defined: 'Neptunian'
July 2, 2009 — Two Australian researchers have defined a newly recognized kind of explosive eruption, termed "neptunian," that is restricted to seafloor ... > full story -
King Crabs Go Deep To Avoid Hot Water
July 2, 2009 — Researchers have drawn together 200 years' worth of oceanographic knowledge to investigate the distribution of a notorious deep-sea giant - the king crab. The results reveal temperature as a driving ... > full story -
Plant-driven Fungal Weathering: Early Stages Of Mineral Alteration At The Nanometer Scale
July 1, 2009 — For the first time, the boundary between fungi and rock has been imaged on a nanoscale -- unraveling the fundamental processes by which fungi break down rocks into soil whilst extracting essential ... > full story -
Subseafloor Sediment In South Pacific Gyre One Of Least Inhabited Places On Earth
July 1, 2009 — Oceanographers have found so few organisms beneath the seafloor that it may be the least inhabited sediment ever explored for evidence of ... > full story -
Many Antarctic Species Ill Prepared To Cope With Warmer Ocean
June 30, 2009 — Researchers subjected species found in Antarctic waters to increasing levels of water temperature to learn how well they would cope with a warmer ocean. The study shows that several of these species ... > full story -
Loss Of Coastal Seagrass Habitat Accelerating Globally
June 29, 2009 — An international team of scientists warns that accelerating losses of seagrasses across the globe threaten the immediate health and long-term sustainability of coastal ecosystems. The team has ... > full story -
High Carbon Dioxide Levels Cause Abnormally Large Fish Ear Bones
June 26, 2009 — Rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean have been shown to adversely affect shell-forming creatures and corals, and now a new study has shown for the first time that carbon dioxide can impact a ... > full story -
Global Sunscreen Won't Save Corals
June 26, 2009 — Emergency plans to counteract global warming by artificially shading the Earth from incoming sunlight might lower the planet's temperature a few degrees, but such "geoengineering" solutions would do ... > full story -
Space Shuttle Science Shows How 1908 Tunguska Explosion Was Caused By A Comet
June 25, 2009 — The mysterious 1908 Tunguska explosion that leveled 830 square miles of Siberian forest was almost certainly caused by a comet entering the Earth's atmosphere, according to new research. The ... > full story
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